On 6/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sam Njenga</b> <<a href="mailto:sam@edgenet.co.ke">sam@edgenet.co.ke</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Has anyone had the asterisk ss7 type approved in any country by their local Communications Authority ?</blockquote><div><br>There are two things here.<br><br>One Type Approval needed is for hardware level certification, like FCC or ETSI. These are available for the more well known E1 cards, such as those from Digium and Sangoma, who claim and test compliance to FCC etc. These tests are generally acceptable by local regulatory bodies (we've participated in this process for Pakistan for example).
<br><br>Secondly, we have SS7 Conformance Testing and this needs to be done, as you said, for each country's specific variants in MTP2, MTP3 and ISUP etc. <br><br>None of chan_ss7, lib_ss7, or ss7box have been documented through this process for public review for any country, afaik. I'm not too sure about libisup, Cosini can better advise on that.
<br><br>If someone on this list has access to SS7 Conformance testing equipment, please please pipe up, we'd love to participate and get these puppies tested and publish the results so that others can gain some sort of solace (or grief).
<br><br>It may also serve as a benchmark, feature check list, todo list and whatnot.<br></div></div><br>-- <br>wasim h. baig | principal consultant | convergence pk | +92 300 8508070